Rick H. highlighted the case back in April here and the decision of the D.C. Circuit–go check that out for background about the legal issues. Rick P. looked at recent news here. Today, the Court granted cert in Fischer v. United States. The grant order is here. Early coverage from Greg Stohr at Bloomberg:

The US Supreme Court added a new complication to the prosecution of Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election, as the justices agreed to hear an appeal from a Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendant facing a related charge.

The justices said Wednesday they will decide whether Joseph Fischer can be charged under a 2002 law that grew out of the Enron Corp. collapse for obstructing an official proceeding. Prosecutors have also invoked that law against Trump, as well as in 300 other Capitol riot cases.